Computing

• access time

  (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and...

• seek time

  (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data...

• latency

  (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate...

Also contains

• break

  A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.

• lag

  The time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running...

• processing time

  The time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure; "they increased output by...

• time constant

  (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or...

• round

  An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of...

• period

  The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.

• interlude

  An intervening period or episode.

• latency

  The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it.

• latent period

  The time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms.

• eternity

  A seemingly endless time interval (waiting).

• lead time

  The time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process; "the...

• space

  The interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the...

• embolism

  An insertion into a calendar.

• slot

  A time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft...

• lunitidal interval

  Interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high...

• absence

  The time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my abs...

• float

  The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment.